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7th grade writing-essays cultural activities for Microsoft Word
Red Dog - Film Study
Booklet for the film study 'Red Dog'. The booklet includes a range of questions, camera angles and research and assessment tasks.
Grades:
7th
Writing Assignments over Racism and Stereotypes (Personal Narratives)
Two different writing assignments where students choose a prompt and write about their own personal experiences with racism or stereotypes and reflect upon those experiences. I included a guide for students to use to help them organize their thoughts. I use this when reading themed passages and novels having to do with racism and stereotypes. It is in word document, so feel free to change the prompts and guided sentence stems as you see fit:)Thank you.
Grades:
5th - 12th
ITALIAN: Read to Write Task Ristorante Level I
Students choose between two menus in Italian and write 50 words in the target language based on the readings. Prompts are given to guide students. Common Core style reading to writing response. Great follow up to the Food and/ or Travel units for beginning to intermediate students. Created for students taking the FLACS A exam.This product is also available in a BUNDLE:Italian Read to Write Task BUNDLEI hope this product is useful to you and your students. Please view my other resources at this l
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Italian Read to Write Tasks Bundle
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ELA PARCC Practice Bundle
This is a lesson that usually takes me several days. I use several short texts both historical and literary to introduce American Civil Rights Literature. Documents like these can end up on the new standardized tests like the PARCC. This material has been organized to resemble the PARCC Research Simulation Task. They will present the students with 2-3 readings (I have given them 4), ask a series of multiple choice questions focusing on textual evidence (I have given them both multiple choice and
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7th - 12th
Personal Identity Essay Draft Sheet
This is a simple graphic organizer to help students start drafting an essay about personal identity! It provides prompting questions and sentence starters to help them think more deeply about an identity that's really important to them. This is great for a unit specifically on identity or for students to get to know each other at the beginning of the year! Also works well for heritage months!
Grades:
4th - 7th
Bilingual Recipe Book and Narrative Project
This project will give your students an opportunity to explore a meaningful dish for them and their family history. They will be able to share how special this dish is and how it allows their family to come together and share special moments. Not only this but they will be creating a bilingual recipe book and also a narrative on the history behind their dish. Templates for the recipes are included and an example narrative as well. Although the suggested teaching time is approximately 3 days, yo
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4th - 12th, Staff
Who Am I/My Culture Paper Packet
This is the assignment sheet, brainstorming sheet, and rubric for the Who Am I/My Culture Paper!
**[see Who Am I/My Culture 3 Items Assignment Packet for more information].
This is a paper about one's self--the students will choose three items that represent them and explore them in this paper!
Post Includes:
- Who Am I/My Culture Paper Assignment Sheet
- Who Am I/My Culture Paper Brainstorming Sheet
- Who Am I/My Culture Paper Rubric
This is excellent for the beginning of the year or for a
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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Twelve Angry Men Argument Organization Chart
This chart is designed to help students organize the specific arguments from the original 1957 movie starring Henry Fonda. It is a great way for students to learn the basics of creating and analyzing arguments. The chart has two sides that identify the arguments for both guilty and not guilty. This is a very effective tool for lesson planning as well as instruction for composition, and is also a great graphic organizer for differentiated classrooms.
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7th - 12th
ITALIAN: Read to Write Task l'Albergo Level I
Students choose between two hotels in Palermo, Sicily and write 50 words in the target language (Italian) based on the readings. Common Core style reading to writing response. Great follow up to the Travel unit for beginning to intermediate students. Created for students taking the FLACS A exam.This product is also available in a BUNDLE:Italian Read to Write Task BUNDLEI hope this product is useful to you and your students. Please view my other resources and located at this link:Urbino12 StoreDo
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Italian Read to Write Tasks Bundle
Greek Mythology Research and Essay Project - Directions plus Essay Examples
Are you looking for a good project of high rigor for finishing up a junior high Mythology Unit? Here is a composition assignment on Greek/Roman mythology, complete with examples.This lesson includes:*Directions for a research and 300-word composition project on a Character description of a character from Greek mythology* A list of suggested character -- gods, goddesses, human heroes, monsters from mythology* a sample composition -- a character description of the god Zeus*a second sample composi
Grades:
6th - 9th
Culture Fair Project
This project allows students to share about their culture, or to research a country, and to learn about different cultures from around the world. This is an interdisciplinary project incorporating social studies, language arts, math and science. The project can be done in the classroom or at home and the final Culture Fair is held in a similar fashion to a science fair. This is an awesome lesson to do at the beginning of the school year to talk about diversity and respecting all cultures and peo
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5th - 9th
Francophone Country Research Project
Students will conduct research on assigned French speaking country. Final product consists of a paper and a presentation.
Excellent cultural activity.
Materials included:
*Assignment instructions
*Essay structure directions
*Writing practice
*Essay rubric
*Sample exemplar paper
*List of francophone countries
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Apartamento de Venta- Barcelona, España
This is a great culminating activity for learning house words and vocabulary. Students will read a Real Estate ad for an apartment for rent/purchase in Barcelona. Then they'll read about what three people are looking for in a new apartment. They will decide who should move into the apartment, and then defend their decision using sites from the text. I have used this as part of a test, or final. Includes flyer for apartment to rent, description of what 3 people are looking for in a new apartment,
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Country Travel Agent Research Project
This is the framework of a research project that asks students to take on the role of a travel agent in order to create an informative essay and tri-fold in order to showcase the highlights of the country. This download includes the project overview, research notecard over, research essay outline, and rubrics for the essay and tri-fold.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Day of the Dead project (NO PREP)
Assign a wonderful Day of the Dead BILINGUAL project for your students this month! This project template includes a writing component, a bilingual interview and art representation with parent support! This project requires no prep and is culturally relevant. Simply print and send home!
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2nd - 8th
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Holiday Tradition Assignment
This assignment allows students to explore a holiday tradition of their choice, whether it be their own or that of another culture. Students compose an essay (a guide is included), and are prompted to bring/create a visual aid of his or her choice!
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Oprah Identity Essay
Using these words from Oprah, construct a 200 word essay concerning personal identity and how these thoughts apply to your life. MLA prmat spelling and punctuation will be graded.
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Dear Martin Literary Analysis Outline
Dear Martin Literary Analysis Outline. Great for students with SLD or co-taught classes.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks Comparison Contrast Activity
Read the play about Claudette Colvin from Scholastic Scope November 2016 issue and the Rosa Parks article by Scholastic- Remembering Rosa Parks. Then compare the two famous African American Women and write an essay explaining why these two women are an important part of our history.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Essay Writing Template
Inclusion Strategies : Essay Writing Template to Design Your Own School for a Developing Country
This is a template to guide students with autism and other learning difficulties in the process of writing an essay.
This specific essay is intended for a Humanities (History, Individuals and Societies) lesson where students design their own school for a developing country.
The last section has an outline to describe the school and a section to include a diagram.
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Black Lives Matter Unit: Reading for Information, Persuasive Essay
This is a Unit that can last anywhere from five to 15 days. I have designed it in the following way: reading for information (and author's claim, videos, formulating an opinion, outline/rough draft on a graphic organizer, persuasive essay. You can add an artist flare and presentation to the end if you desire. It is an easy unit to follow. It uses the NEWSELA.com website which has pre-made articles with differentiated reading levels in articles that kids love to read. You can wow your co-wo
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
THEMES Statements for HOLES by Sacher
A student/teacher created list by grade 6 students from over 13 different nationalities to be shared with your students. We discuss theme but learn that when we are writing essays and looking for lesson, the concept or word has to be written as a sentence. Here you have many examples of themes developed into sentences/statements. These can be helpful for discussion about theme or for writing about theme. Because they are student-centered and developed in part by students, your students will be a
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Language Arts: Song Analysis and Writing Prompts for Basic Paragraph Writing
This is a packet of 4 songs and respective writing prompts to go with the songs. Students are expected to analyse the songs along with the teacher.
The songs range from artists like Louis Armstrong to Fall Out Boy.
The prompts are for students to write a basic paragraph.
Some of the songs have my personal notes that touch on what I wanted to talk about with the students.
this was designed for a mod-severe special education language class.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
ITALIAN: Read to Write Task Travel Unit Level I
Students choose between train and air travel from Rome to Genova. Students will write 50 words in Italian based on the readings. Common Core style reading to writing response. Great follow up to the Travel Unit for beginning to intermediate students. Created for students taking the FLACS A exam.
This product is also available in a BUNDLE:
Italian Read to Write Task BUNDLE
I hope this product is useful to you and your students. Please view my other products and Terms of Use located at this link
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Grades:
7th - 9th
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Also included in: Italian Read to Write Tasks Bundle
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